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Music That Travels Between Ireland and Appalachia

Music Travel Monday

by Kerry Dexter

Destination: Ireland and Appalachia


Music: Through Wind and Rain by Cathie Ryan

As she was working on her album Through Wind & Rain Cathie Ryan turned to library research to spark ideas for a song. “I wanted to look at Appalachian songs, songs that came through Ireland, or songs that came from Appalachia to Ireland. I wanted that whole Appalachian Celtic connection,” Ryan says. Continue reading Music That Travels Between Ireland and Appalachia